{"id":125,"date":"2009-11-15T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T03:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/connections\/?p=125"},"modified":"2009-11-15T20:46:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T03:46:37","slug":"write-up-showcasing-teaching-using-online-role-play-in-teaching-11th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/connections\/blog\/2009\/11\/write-up-showcasing-teaching-using-online-role-play-in-teaching-11th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Write-up: Showcasing Teaching: Using Online Role Play in Teaching, 11th November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Using Role Play in Teaching<\/strong><em><br \/>\nPresentations by John Shepherd &amp; Alison Rutherford<\/em><\/p>\n<p>John Shepherd and Alison Rutherford shared their experiences of using online role play to effectively engage students and &#8220;<em>increase their understanding of human interaction, social dynamics and systems involving human activity<\/em>&#8221; (Shepherd, 2009 in presentation).<\/p>\n<p>Key features of online role play include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students carry out authentic      tasks in an authentic context<\/li>\n<li>Students inhabit and interact      within their roles<\/li>\n<li>Situations are authentic and      problem-based<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative learning and      reflective thinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John presented an example of Middle Eastern politics online role play, where the aim was for students to develop an understanding of the complexities of Middle Eastern politics.\u00a0 Alison presented a cross-disciplinary (Public Health and Mining Engineering) online role play based on real events related to a mine in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John\u2019s slides on the \u2018Middle East Politics\u2019 online roleplay can      be downloaded here: <a href=\"..\/files\/2009\/11\/OnlineRolePlaySlides.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/connections\/files\/2009\/11\/OnlineRolePlaySlides1.pdf\">OnlineRolePlaySlides<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Alison\u2019s slides on the \u2018Buyat Bay\u2019 online roleplay can be downloaded      here:\u00a0<a href=\"..\/files\/2009\/11\/Buyat_Bay_showcase1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/connections\/files\/2009\/11\/Buyat_Bay_showcase11.pdf\">Buyat_Bay_showcase1<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A repository of role-plays can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uow.edu.au\/cedir\/enrole\/\">http:\/\/www.uow.edu.au\/cedir\/enrole\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201croleplay search\u201d link gives you a list of role play descriptions,       with contact info for the designers if you want to follow up.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cresources\u201d link leads to documents covering aspects such       as design and assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>John Shepherd of UNSW is happy for you to contact him with      questions about online role play and\/ or to help you set up an online role      play (NB. From February 2010 a better online role play system will be      available).\u00a0 His email address: <a href=\"..\/seminar-resources\/jas@cse.unsw.edu.au\">jas@cse.unsw.edu.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alison&#8217;s email address: <a href=\"a.rutherford@unsw.edu.au\">a.rutherford@unsw.edu.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further information on the Connections Seminar Series please contact Erin Withers at <a href=\"mailto:d.owen@unsw.edu.au\">e.withers@unsw.edu.au<\/a> or phone x58636.\u00a0 You can read more about the Connections in Learning &amp; Teaching Seminar series <a href=\"..\/..\/about\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Role Play in Teaching Presentations by John Shepherd &amp; Alison Rutherford John Shepherd and Alison Rutherford shared their experiences of using online role play to effectively engage students and &#8220;increase their understanding of human interaction, social dynamics and systems involving human activity&#8221; (Shepherd, 2009 in presentation). 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